With all the drama the NCAA tournament has provided, and all the drama the Wildcats themselves have brought game after game, an anticlimactic Final Four finale would be an extra letdown. Then again, since Kentucky has kept topping itself in finish after finish, what more thrills can it provide at the very end?

Connecticut won its first national championship in a classic upset of the Duke Blue Devils in 1999. However, its last two titles were won in much uglier fashion, as the Huskies cruised over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 2004 and practically beat the Butler Bulldogs in 2011 by default.

Before that unattractive win over the Bulldogs, the Huskies won another low scoring contest over the Wildcats in the semifinals, although that game did at least go down to the wire. Kentucky hasn't lost an NCAA tournament contest since then, yet it came very close four straight times in this tournament alone.

The Huskies have actually won relatively easy so far, except for their overtime win over the St. Joseph's Hawks back in the round of 64. They certainly had an easier Final Four game than the Wildcats on April 5, despite facing the No. 1 Florida Gators. Yet Connecticut took it to Florida in a way that Kentucky couldn't against the Wisconsin Badgers.

Will the Huskies keep rolling and expose the Wildcats as being out of gas? Or will being so battle-tested pay off for Kentucky, if it pushes Connecticut into the final moments? If the championship is only determined in the final moments, however, most outside of Lexington and Storrs should be satisfied either way.

Not every Final Four ends with a classic, especially in this century. The accompanying list details the most memorable and/or suspenseful national championship games since 2000 -- setting another thrilling bar Kentucky hopes it doesn't necessarily have to go over to win.

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Duke holds off Arizona

2001: Duke Blue Devils 82, Arizona Wildcats 72 -- The No. 1 Blue Devils had to hold off run after run from a Wildcats team that already beat two No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament. Yet Shane Battier and Duke finally got over the top to claim the school's third championship.

Chalmers sets up win with tying shot

2008: Kansas Jayhawks 75, Memphis Tigers 68 (OT) -- John Calipari was all but guaranteed his first championship in 2008, before he even went to Kentucky. But thanks to letting Mario Chalmers sink a game-tying, last second three pointer, the Tigers were no match for the Jayhawks in overtime.

Wildcats' last national title

2012: Kentucky Wildcats 67, Kansas Jayhawks 59 -- Calipari erased the ghosts of 2008, as the Wildcats held back rallies from none other than the Jayhawks. Two years later, Calipari's latest group of Kentucky freshman is taking a much harder path to a title.

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Robert Dougherty has lived in Philadelphia all his life. He has written, edited and self-published three books on the TV show "Lost" and has written about sports, entertainment, movies, TV, news and various other topics on the Internet for the last five years on the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Can be reached at rob1217@comcast.net